There are some very interesting/unexpected results from the 2012 elections... and it's not all about the Hispanics.

1. Generation Y voters (the Millenials)
* 19% of voters were under the age of 30 (and that was only 50% turnout, about the same as 2008)... and 60% of them voted for Obama
* only 16% of voters were over the age of 65
* If Romney and the Republicans had just split the Youth vote, they would have won
* The Youth vote is now more politically important than the Senior Citizen vote!

2. Gay/Lesbian voters
* about 5% of voters admitted they were gay/lesbian/bisexual
* 76% of them voted for Obama
* But Romney and Obama are tied 49%-49% among "straight" voters
* If Romney and the Republicans had just split the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual vote, they would have won

3. Asian-American voters
* lots of attention has been given to Hispanics... but Asians are actually immigrating to the country more than Hispanics now, and they're the fastest-growing demographic
* 76% of Asian-American citizens voted for Obama, an even higher proportion than the Hispanics did

4. Mormon voters
*Romney in 2012 actually did WORSE among Mormon voters than Bush did in 2004 (Bush won 80% nationwide, Romney won 78% nationwide)

5. Democrats won the "popular vote" for the House of Representatives in 2012
* Boehner claims a mandate because they only lost 7 seats
* In reality, more Americans voted for Democratic House candidates than Republican House candidates
* Gerrymandering is the reason why the House stayed red

I know you caucasian's probably dig this, but what about you brother's & sista girls out there? (Oh and ARE there any other brother's or sistas here on this board forum?)

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What point are you trying to make here? No one has said that African-Americans could not support Romney. We said his campaign made explicitly racial appeals to white people, and the overwhelming majority of his support was white. The fact that you found one black Republican on Youtube doesn't change that anymore than Condoleeza's presence within the party. Tokens don't excuse bad behavior.

Anyway...she is hardly the only one. A cartographer friend of mine posted a map of racist tweets by state to show where the greatest concentration of them was located. No surprise that they came from Alabama and Mississippi. Rhode Island had the lowest concentration with no racist tweets.

Anyway...she is hardly the only one. A cartographer friend of mine posted a map of racist tweets by state to show where the greatest concentration of them was located. No surprise that they came from Alabama and Mississippi. Rhode Island had the lowest concentration with no racist tweets.

Perhaps the most useful is the final product, a cartogram where counties are sized to reflect their populations, and votes are indicated using a non-linear scale where solid red = 70+% Romney and solid blue = 70+% Obama, with shades of purple in-between.